KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“Because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Because” | עַ֣ל׀ | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | Because |
| “they obeyed” | שָׁמְע֗וּ | To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) | obeyed |
| “not” | לֹֽא | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “the voice” | בְּקוֹל֙ | A voice or sound | voice |
| “of the Lord” | יְהוָ֣ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “their God,” | אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֔ם | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
| “but transgressed” | וַיַּֽעַבְרוּ֙ | To cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation) | transgressed |
| “his covenant,” | בְּרִית֔וֹ | A compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) | covenant |
| “and” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “all” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “that” | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | that |
| “Moses” | מֹשֶׁ֖ה | Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver | Moses |
| “the servant” | עֶ֣בֶד | A servant | servant |
| “of the Lord” | יְהוָ֑ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “commanded,” | צִוָּ֔ה | (intensively) to constitute, enjoin | commanded |
| “and would not” | וְלֹ֥א | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | would not |
| “hear” | שָֽׁמְע֖וּ | To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) | hear |
| “them,” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “nor” | וְלֹ֥א | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | nor |
| “do” | עָשֽׂוּ׃ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | do |
| “them.” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) |
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10 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
12 Because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
13 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
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